On Tuesday 08 September 2009 23:56:31 Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Michael Tsang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 08 September 2009 11:13:06 Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote:
> > > hi, I'm just wondering, what's the purpose of moving the symlink in
> > > '/lib/libz.so', and creating a '/usr/lib/libz.so' instead? FHS
> >
> > compliance?
> >
> > > LSB compliance? just because '/usr/lib' is first in the search path
> >
> > before
> >
> > > '/lib'?
> >
> > Short answer: it is just for cleanness in /
> > Long answer: *.so files are only needed at compile-time so they are
> > better placed in /usr than in / . The dynamic loader finds libz.so.1
> 
> thanks, but I'm talking about /lib, vs /usr/lib? there is no libz.so at the
> root ('/')
> 
> -jf
> 

Simply because it's not needed.

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